Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Q5 vs BlackBerry Classic vs BlackBerry Priv

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced May 2013 June 2014 October 2015
Status Available - June 2013 Available - November 2014 Available - November 2015
Price - - Rs. 34,999 ($514.69) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Red Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 120 x 66 x 10.8 mm
(4.72 x 2.6 x 0.43 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
147 x 77.2 x 9.4 mm
(5.79 x 3.04 x 0.37 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1 BlackBerry 10.3 OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
User Interface - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait -
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Dual-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A57 & quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808
GPU - Adreno 225 Adreno 418
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Curved Edge Screen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.1 inches 3.5 inches 5.4 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (544 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 39.25% 41.64% 70.82%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 8 MP 18 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash Dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Yes AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Optical Image Stabilization, Schneider-Kreuznach optics, Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB
USB OTG - Not Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2180 mAh 2515 mAh 3410 mAh
Stand by Up to 336 h (3G) Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 12 h 30 min (3G) Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
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